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BREAKING: Bad River Band’s Natural Resources Department denies Enbridge permit to sandbag possible rupture site

Bad River Band’s Natural Resources Department denies Enbridge permit to sandbag possible rupture site

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Wisconsin AG urged to sue oil companies for climate damages

Wisconsin AG urged to sue oil companies for climate damages

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Judge declares Line 5 pipeline will be shut down: “It’s just a question of when”

Judge declares Line 5 pipeline will be shut down:”It’s just a question of when”

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As Bad River heads to Federal Court for emergency shut down of Line 5, area is woefully underprepared for a pipeline rupture

As Bad River heads to Federal Court for emergency shut down of Line 5, area is woefully underprepared for a pipeline rupture

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Bad River Band’s Filing for Emergency Closure Necessary to Protect Great Lakes from Dangerous Line 5 Pipeline

Bad River Band’s Filing for Emergency Closure Necessary to Protect Great Lakes from Dangerous Line 5 Pipeline

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Bad River Band files papers in Federal Court about deterioration around Line 5 pipeline during emergency flooding

May 4, 2023 Barbara With On May 1, 2023, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Enbridge Energy filed papers in federal court, showing evidence that a meander where the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline crosses the Bad River is worsening quickly under the pressure of the record snowfalls, still melting down the north […]

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ACTION ALERT: Tell Canadian Ministers to Stop Misusing the 1977 Transit Pipelines Treaty

The Cross Border Organizing Working Group of the Line 5 Coalition is an international group of activists and Indigenous leaders working to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5. We have drafted a letter to key Canadian Ministers asking them to stop misusing a 1977 treaty in order to keep a decrepit pipeline in service.

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Great Lake Water Protectors representing at COP 15; Deliver invoice to Enbridge for damages from building Line 3

December 13, 2022 Great Grandmother Mary Lyon and other Great Lakes Water Protectors deliver an invoice to Enbridge in Montreal for all the damage they’ve done to local communities when building Line 3 in northern Wisconsin. Photos and video: Rebecca Kemble

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Winona LaDuke, the only “Shell River 7” case not dismissed in Wadena County

December 13, 2022 Winona LaDuke to appear December 14, 9 AM CST via Zoom on misdemeanor obstruction charge during Line 3 construction. https://zoomgov.com/joinMeeting ID: 161 009 9976Meeting Passcode: 469854 Winona LaDuke, Executive Director and co-founder of Honor the Earth, will appear in court tomorrow via Zoom as the sole remaining “Shell River 7” defendant. In […]

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Water Protectors And the Great Lakes to be highlighted at UN COP 15 in Montreal; International Water Protectors headed to Canada

December 2, 2022 By Barbara With Sierra Club Canada has been chosen to present before the United Nations Council of the Parties on Biodiversity (COP 15) taking place in Montreal December 7-19, 2022. The presentation will focus on the Great Lakes and the immense risk that pipelines, oil spills, and climate change pose to 84% […]

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